Jones14
Well-Known Member
I don't think Star Wars is having a problem with making relatable characters. I do think they're having a problem with figuring out which characters are more relatable/interesting ahead of time, and giving them screentime accordingly.
Example: Poe was supposed to die in TFA, and JJ changed his mind last minute to keep him. Fast forward to Last Jedi, and Poe now is the most interesting of the new trio, but was given less time to shine than Finn, who turned out to be less interesting onscreen than he probably seemed in the script. This isn't anyone's fault, per se, and Boyega certainly does a great job, but it's indicative of the fact that you don't know who's gonna resonate with the audience until its out there, and since half of the movies feature completely different casts than the other two, it's hard for them to find the groove.
You can bet that IX will have a lot more Poe (partially because Carrie Fisher is gone, and he literally has to take her place) and a little less Rose/Finn because of how we responded to them, but Rose was a new character and Finn was being eaten up by audiences after TFA, so there was no time to learn that lesson beforehand.
After seeing Solo, it seems like they're getting a better grasp on it (I'm ready for a Qi'ra movie without even a mention of Han now), but it's a slow process, and they've (necessarily) introduced so many characters that a lot of them are gonna underwhelm until we (and they) can look at the whole picture. Some of them will continue to underwhelm, even when we get to see a lot of them (Dooku, Ewoks, Finn in TLJ), and some will underwhelm because we don't get enough (Grievous, Darth Maul, Boba Fett) to make us feel justified in investing in them. But that's how franchise movies work; it's a constant juggling of characters to figure out who the audience will want to see in THIS one, and it changes with every film that comes out.
Example: Poe was supposed to die in TFA, and JJ changed his mind last minute to keep him. Fast forward to Last Jedi, and Poe now is the most interesting of the new trio, but was given less time to shine than Finn, who turned out to be less interesting onscreen than he probably seemed in the script. This isn't anyone's fault, per se, and Boyega certainly does a great job, but it's indicative of the fact that you don't know who's gonna resonate with the audience until its out there, and since half of the movies feature completely different casts than the other two, it's hard for them to find the groove.
You can bet that IX will have a lot more Poe (partially because Carrie Fisher is gone, and he literally has to take her place) and a little less Rose/Finn because of how we responded to them, but Rose was a new character and Finn was being eaten up by audiences after TFA, so there was no time to learn that lesson beforehand.
After seeing Solo, it seems like they're getting a better grasp on it (I'm ready for a Qi'ra movie without even a mention of Han now), but it's a slow process, and they've (necessarily) introduced so many characters that a lot of them are gonna underwhelm until we (and they) can look at the whole picture. Some of them will continue to underwhelm, even when we get to see a lot of them (Dooku, Ewoks, Finn in TLJ), and some will underwhelm because we don't get enough (Grievous, Darth Maul, Boba Fett) to make us feel justified in investing in them. But that's how franchise movies work; it's a constant juggling of characters to figure out who the audience will want to see in THIS one, and it changes with every film that comes out.
